Discovery BoxEzra 3:12 
Context3:12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders 1 – older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established 2 – were weeping loudly, 3 and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.
Ezra 6:9
Context6:9 Whatever is needed – whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by 4 the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect,
Ezra 9:15
Context9:15 O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt 5 no one can really stand before you.”
1 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”
2 sn The temple had been destroyed some fifty years earlier by the Babylonians in 586
3 tn Heb “with a great voice.”
4 tn Aram “according to the word of.”
5 tn Heb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
